"Concerning her own personal relationship to this matter, she wrote in 1874 that she “never had a vision that no more sinners would be converted.” Nor did she ever teach this view. “It was the light given me of God,” she wrote at another time, “that corrected our error, and enabled us to see the true position.” ( Selected Messages 1:74 , 63 .) EW 300.1"
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."
Both passages discuss the role of divine guidance in understanding truth. John 16:13 speaks of the Spirit guiding into all truth, while the EGW passage describes how 'light given...of God' corrected an error and enabled a clearer understanding. The theme of divine guidance leading to truth is present in both.
"Pages 43, 44 , and 86 : Mysterious Knockings in New York, and Rochester Knockings .—Reference is here made to incidents relating to the beginnings of modern spiritualism. In 1848 mysterious rappings were heard in the home of the Fox family at Hydesville, a community about thirty-five miles east of the city of Rochester, New York. At a time when there were various conjectures as to the cause of the rappings, Ellen White announced, on the authority of the vision given to her, that they were a manifestation of spiritualism, that this phenomenon would develop rapidly, and in the name of religion would gain popularity and deceive multitudes, developing into Satan's last-day masterpiece of deception. EW 300.2"
"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"
Both passages deal with deception and the working of Satan. The EGW passage specifically identifies spiritualism as a deceptive force, while 2 Thessalonians 2:9 speaks of Satan's deceptive power in general. The connection is thematic, as both relate to end-times deception.